Patriotic Chicken Plays ‘America the Beautiful’ on Keyboard and We’re in Awe

Do you think you’re patriotic enough? Well, you don’t have anything on this guy, or should we say hen?

Meet Jokgu (pronounced joe-ku), the “patriotic chicken” who has mastered playing beloved patriotic classic, “America the Beautiful.” Watch:

The video was shared to YouTube page Two Creative Chicks, which also has a Facebook page boasting over 25,000 fans and is a place for all “chicken enrichment ideas,” according to the page’s “About” section. Since being shared on January 31, the video has racked up over 1.2 million views as of press time.

Eagle-eyed viewers will notice Jokgu plays the song by following red lights illuminated beneath the keys, which owner Shannon Myers told Huffington Post was only about a two-week process through clicker training, a form of positive reinforcement to elicit a behavior.

“You click when the behavior is done, then reward,” Myers said. “Because you can click faster than give a reward, they immediately associate the click with the wanted behavior which then leads to reward.”

Why Myers chose “America the Beautiful” goes beyond the fact that it’s a simple song to play, and touches upon the current political climate in the United States.